rith

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See also: rið and riþ

English

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Etymology

From Middle English rīth (a small stream), from Old English rīþ (a small stream).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːθ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːθ

Noun

rith (plural riths)

  1. (obsolete) A small stream.
    They waded further up the rith.

Usage notes

Now mostly found in surnames and place names like Hendrith and Tingrith.

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish reithid (verb) and riuth (noun), from Proto-Celtic *reteti (verb) and *retus (noun) (compare Middle Welsh redec), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-. The vowel of the verb has been replaced with the vowel of the verbal noun, but is preserved in the dialectal form reath.

Pronunciation

Verb

rith (present analytic ritheann, future analytic rithfidh, verbal noun rith, past participle rite)

  1. to run

Conjugation

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Noun

rith m or f (genitive singular reatha, nominative plural rití)

  1. verbal noun of rith
    Synonym: reáchtáil
  2. run

Declension

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References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “reithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “rith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

rith

  1. Soft mutation of rhith.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhith rith unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.